How Do You Combat Late-Night Cravings?

Last night, I fell victim to must-have-sugar-NOW-itis. It was a pretty bad case, too: it'd been a long, super-hot day, the babies were finally asleep, I was exhausted, and I had massive amounts of work to do. Prime chocolate-chomping time. I ransacked the cabinets and fridge and I'm pretty embarrassed with what I came up with….

Last night, I fell victim to must-have-sugar-NOW-itis. It was a pretty bad case, too: it'd been a long, super-hot day, the babies were finally asleep, I was exhausted, and I had massive amounts of work to do. Prime chocolate-chomping time. I ransacked the cabinets and fridge and I'm pretty embarrassed with what I came up with….

Cereal! I ended up eating a huge bowl of sugary cereal—a cinnamony kind that I honestly don't even really like that much—instead of the one square of chocolate I would have eaten, had it actually been there.

Metabolically speaking, nighttime is the worst time to overeat—there's nowhere for those excess calories to go, so they tend to stick around. I started nosing around for some tips to eighty-six the snacking and found a couple that just might do the trick: